http://www.fourthcentury.com "What did the Fathers do except seek and present the clear and open testimonies of Scripture?" -- Martin Luther, Against Latomus (1521) Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:35:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.fourthcentury.com/council-of-antioch-ad-325/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Glen Thompson Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:56:22 +0000 http://www.fourthcentury.com/?page_id=1889#comment-377 Dear Seed Sower: The English word "priest" is the normal translation (really a corrupted transliteration) for the Greek word "presbyteros" which was taken over into Latin as "presbyter." The word already appears in the Greek New Testament of church leaders, usually translated "elders" (e.g. Acts 14.22, Titus 1.5, James 5.14, etc.), and was used as well in the Latin Vulgate. So quite clearly the word presbyteros/priest goes back to the first century church. What scholars do debate is when the term started defining a specific "office" in the church, and when that office began acquiring certain characteristics -- a rank between deacon and episcopos/bishop; fixed duties; a requirement/preference for celibacy, etc. These developments took place at different times in different geographical areas over the 2nd to 5th centuries Dear Seed Sower: The English word “priest” is the normal translation (really a corrupted transliteration) for the Greek word “presbyteros” which was taken over into Latin as “presbyter.” The word already appears in the Greek New Testament of church leaders, usually translated “elders” (e.g. Acts 14.22, Titus 1.5, James 5.14, etc.), and was used as well in the Latin Vulgate. So quite clearly the word presbyteros/priest goes back to the first century church. What scholars do debate is when the term started defining a specific “office” in the church, and when that office began acquiring certain characteristics — a rank between deacon and episcopos/bishop; fixed duties; a requirement/preference for celibacy, etc. These developments took place at different times in different geographical areas over the 2nd to 5th centuries

]]> http://www.fourthcentury.com/council-of-antioch-ad-325/comment-page-1/#comment-215 A Seed Sower Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:17:20 +0000 http://www.fourthcentury.com/?page_id=1889#comment-215 can you please tell me if the following is true.."church elders first began to be called priests in the roman catholic church by Lucian in the 2nd century." thank you A Seed Sower can you please tell me if the following is true..”church elders first began to be called priests in the roman catholic church by Lucian in the 2nd century.” thank you
A Seed Sower

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